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Show "w- ,. ....... - mm. . Children wander through the tall weeds outside out-side the new Enoch Elementary School. Enochcitizens voice complaints ENOCH "We have been promised time and time again that these things would be done. Why are we being lied to?" Enoch Mayor Justin Gray asked Iron County School Board Director of Physical Facilities Bruce Decker at a recent confrontation between several Enoch citizens and Decker. Gray and several mothers of children who attend the new Enoch Elementary met with Decker concerning the ' lack of landscaping around the new elementary school. This is the second school year that there has been no landscaping. The school was com-. com-. pleted soon after the 1979 school year began; thus, there could be no landscaping land-scaping that year, but residents of the area were led to believe that the landscaping would be completed before this year, said several parents. Decker responded by noting that the work was currently being done. "We're expecting to get the whole thing wrapped up by the 15th of September." Sep-tember." He noted that curb, gutter and sidewalk had been constructed around the school grounds and that the playground to the south of the school was now leveled and sprinkler pipes were almost installed. in-stalled. He stated further that plans' called tor hyaro-, hyaro-, seeding grass on the new south playground and for turf on the front lawns within the next couple of weeks. He also promised that a chain link fenced would be installed around the area by the Sept. 15 date. But the parents were still upset that something had not been done earlier. A $20,000 allocation had been made for the landscaping land-scaping over a year ago; $53,000 more had been added only recently. The parents asked continually why something hadn't been done earlier. They, and Decker, pointed out several projects that had been completed before any work had begun on the Enoch Elementary. Beverly Blattner, one of the mothers, felt that the school board has been "expending time, money and effort on what may not be absolutely essential." Decker responded that priorities and schedules had been set and that only one project could be completed at a time. He also noted that other projects had run into unexpected problems which put all the improvements im-provements behind schedule. "The heat will come from somewhere. Everyone wants their project finished first," he said. Decker concluded that he was very proud of the Enoch Elementary project. "Personally; I feel very good about this whole project. I hope it will become a model for future school buildings in the district." |